Written by

Kelly Kennedy
| USA Today

About 6.4 million Americans eligible to buy insurance through the new health exchanges will pay $100 or less a month in premiums because of tax subsidies, according to a Department of Health and Human Services reportreleased Tuesday.

The report by the HHS office for planning and evaluation said the lower premiums would primarily apply to insurance customers who buy what are called silver plans on the exchanges that open Oct. 1.

The 2010 Affordable Care Act requires Americans without health insurance from their employers, Medicare or Medicaid to buy insurance through websites called ...